Mendocino

Hey there,

from the title of this post you can probably guess we are in Mendocino, Cal.
It is remarkable and is also as far North as we are coming on this journey.

We have discovered that it was used in the show Murder She Wrote to double for Cape Cod and it is easy to tell why.
The fog rolls in off the ocean and it is quite mesmerising, and spectacular.

The journey in, courtesy of sat nav was straight out of deliverance, the road (which was 2 way) kept narrowing and narrowing so that it finally resembled a goat track. It made the Akatarawa valley road look like the intersatate in places.

We think both Brian and Sonia would love to do the drive though despite the risks.

Upon arrival we checked into our Moonstone Room at Agate Cove Inn

http://www.agatecove.com/

You will note on the website that the place boasts of having "unparalleled views", and there is no denying that the view is spectacular, however there is another accomodation option right beside the Agate Cove, called the Sea Rock, and yes they too boast "unparalleled views". However I am sure the people staying a stones throw from us have a parralel view to ours. This sounds churlish I know, but you must admit it is comedy gold.

One of the rooms was called Obsidian, but regretably it was already taken,

We read in our trusty guide book that you could get the best burger on the north coast at a hard to find place caled "Mendo Burgers". It was quite possibly the best burgers we have both ever eaten. They pride themselves on fresh, pure ingredients. It was perfectly cooked too. We washed down with a shake

To walk off our burgers, we went for a stroll around the coast. Michael picked up some "binochs". On a good day you can see the whales which are on their migratory path back up to Alaska. We didn't see a whale but we did see a seal, which reminded us of Zizou. We dubbed the seal Sealzu.

Megan picked up a dashing red cowgirl hat at Mendocino Hats (the largest hat store in Northern California)

We rounded out our day with a very long soak in the hot tub, enjoying our unparalleled view.

If all of this sounds like bliss, well it is. A faultless day, on an already memorable trip.

We are missing everybody at home of course, but we will keep grinning and bearing it for the mean time.

Heading back to SF today via the Andersons Valley, where we hope to see some enormous redwoods and taste some Californian wine.